- From: Blaine Brodie <bbrodie@savagesoftware.com>
- Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2000 22:48:10 -0500 (EST)
- To: www-dom@w3.org
> >I don't understand this sentence.
> >" binding-specific casting methods ".
>
> This means that the mechanism for accessing (for example) an
HTMLLinkElement as
> a LinkStyle object will very from one programming language to another,
and that
> the "binding" -- the language-specific version of the DOM API -- defines
this
> mechanism.
>
> In the Java bindings you would use the Java typecast operation.
> LinkStyle linkStyleView=(LinkStyle)myHTMLLinkElement;
>
> But not all languages support that concept. Those which don't will have
to
> define workarounds as part of their bindings; one approach would be:
> LinkStyle linkStyleView=myHTMLLinkElement.getLinkStyleView()
> Each language binding is responsible for evaluating the available
alternatives
> and selecting the most appropriate solution.
I'm still a little confused about the actual implementation of this. For
example should the Java interface for
LinkStyle be:
public interface LinkStyle extends ProcessingInstruction
{
public StyleSheet getSheet();
}
rather than just:
public interface LinkStyle
{
public StyleSheet getSheet();
}
??
Thanks,
Blaine Brodie
Received on Friday, 25 February 2000 09:48:24 UTC